Fazal Sheikh speaks to Street Roots about his photography, which brings worldwide human rights issues to light. His work is featured in ‘Common Ground’ at Portland Art Museum. “Common Ground” fosters an illusive impression of intimacy between the viewer a ...
9 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
Depression isn't rooted in biology but in how we're living our lives, author Johann Hari explains The way we’ve been taught to think about depression and anxiety is all wrong, says Johann Hari. In his new book, the London-based journalist and Ne ...
19 Jan 2018 - Emily Green
Artwork at Gallery 114 in the Pearl District showcases homelessness and the Syrian refugee crisis Artist Mary Jo Mann was looking around her neighborhood in Southeast Portland for inspiration during the spring and summer of 2016. She’d walk up and down al ...
5 Oct 2017 - Emily Green
Author Franklin Foer warns against a world in which companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook have eroded our thought processes and command our lives When Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes purchased the New Republic in 2012, he brought back the magazin ...
21 Sep 2017 - Emily Green
Two street artists show us why Portland’s underground paste-up community is internationally renowned If you know where to look, you may have noticed: Portland is plastered with little pieces of guerrilla art. Along main drags in popular neighborhoods, st ...
8 Sep 2017 - Emily Green
Author Robert Wright says mindfulness can help us live better lives and 'endure the Trump era' Buddhists had it right all along, and we have the science to prove it. That’s the premise of a new book from New York Times best-selling author, journ ...
1 Sep 2017 - Emily Green
'They are human beings' who have seen the dark side David Slader first laid his hands on a painting signed “B. Pat” inside a decommissioned jail, located in the cellar of Coquille’s old city hall building. The clown-like face painted with crus ...
30 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
'When the shock happens, that’s when people are most vulnerable,' the author of 'No Is Not Enough' tells Street Roots Naomi Klein’s latest book offers a strong dose of clarity to counteract the chaos plaguing the country since Donald T ...
23 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
The author of ‘Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants’ touts nature’s healing potential Scott Kloos has a profound affinity for plants. He’s the founder and director at The School of Forest Medicine, a founding member of Portland’s Elderberry School of Botani ...
19 May 2017 - Emily Green
‘Drawdown’ lays out the top 80 solutions already underway Around the globe, people are cultivating food, harnessing energy and building communities using methods that have the combined potential to reverse global warming. Scaling up these methods would no ...
10 May 2017 - Emily Green